Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity Atlantic infralittoral muddy sand
Description (English)
In sheltered brackish muddy sand and mud, beds of Ruppia maritima and more rarely Ruppia spiralis may occur. These beds may be populated by fish such as Gasterosteus aculeatus which is less common on filamentous algal-dominated sediments. Seaweeds such as Chaetomorpha spp., Enteromorpha spp., Cladophora spp., and Chorda filum are also often present in addition to occasional fucoids. In some cases the stoneworts Lamprothamnium papulosum and Chara aspera occur. Infaunal and epifaunal species may include mysid crustacea, the polychaete Arenicola marina, the gastropod Hydrobia ulvae, the amphipod Corophium volutator and oligochaetes such as Heterochaeta costata. In some areas Zostera marina may also be interspersed with the Ruppia beds.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MB5224 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Chorda filum | Algae | |
Lamprothamnium papulosum | Algae | |
Gasterosteus aculeatus | Fishes | |
Ruppia maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Ruppia spiralis | Flowering Plants | |
Arenicola marina | Invertebrates | |
Corophium volutator | Invertebrates | |
Heterochaeta costata | Invertebrates | |
Hydrobia ulvae | Invertebrates |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.5341 | Middle European Ruppia and Zannichellia communities | overlap |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A5.5343 | Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.5341 | Middle European Ruppia and Zannichellia communities | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.5343 | Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.543 | Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.541 | Middle European Ruppia and Zannichellia communities | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.543 | Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.541 | Middle European Ruppia and Zannichellia communities | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.543 | Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.541 | Middle European Ruppia and Zannichellia communities | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A4.541 | Middle European Ruppia and Zannichellia communities | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A2.411 | Middle European marine tasselweed communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.411 | Middle European marine tasselweed communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.411 | Middle European marine tasselweed communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.411 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.411 | same | ||
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland) | IMS.Sgr.Rup | Ruppia maritima in reduced salinity infralittoral muddy sand | same |